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In 1998, I volunteered to take on the
job of TREASURE GEMS coordinator
for the next ten years, or until 2010.

The first year of any long term commit-
ment is a little scary. But if you are reading
this, I survived. Nerves intact. (СОО

A few thank yous are in order here.

This year's covers were printed by the

W orleys, P arker & Lillian. And to Dave
Greer for all his guidance. Thank you.

THE EMPTY NEST PRESS, ERNIE BLITZER, PROP.

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[к 1 CONTINUE pattern of recent years, print-
ing a page for Treasure Gems far in advance
(this page for 2001 was prepared in Novem-
ber 1999), a day will come
when it will appear in the
د‎ annual volume after I have
Avocation cashed in my chips, pushed
back from the table, and said good night.

It seems appropriate to be shuffling off into
the sunset hand in hand with letterpress.
After a lifetime association with the art pre-
servative— originally as an occupation, then

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the past half century as ап avocation, my
feelings about printing as an occupation re-
main at best ambivalent.

That said, I acknowledge the seductive na-
ture of puttering around with cases of type
and a press. Although I stray to other hob-
bies from time to time, these infidelities are
temporary, and 1 always return.

As long as sight and other physical con-
ditions permit, І intend to go on setting a
few lines, leaving a few typos for the alert to
find, and wondering what my life would have
been like if Gutenberg had invented some-
thing else.—Al Fick, APA 142

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422 Beverly Drive
Wilmette, Illinois 60091-3013

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The name of one printer stands out pre-
eminently in the nineteenth century. The in-
fuence of William Morris upon typography
has been tremendous. His one ambition was
to produce as perfect books as did the old
master-printers, and he undertook, in order
to accomplish this, to place himself in the
midst of the same conditions. He felt the same
love for the book which the old-time patrons
felt, and it was his endeavor to restore the
ancient excellence.

Morris at once set out to cut new faces
which should be in keeping with his stan-
dard. His own description of his aims and
efforts is interesting. “Ву instinct rather

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than by conscious thinking it over,” he
says, “I began by getting myself a font of
roman type. And here what I wanted was
letter-pure in form: severe, without need-
less excrescences; solid, without the thick-
ening and thinning of the line, which is the
essential fault of the ordinary modern type,
and which makes it difficult to read; and
not compressed laterally, as later type has
grown to be owing to commercial needs." -

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For Treasure Gems 2001
Once more a dip into a 1923 MANUAL OF LINO’
TYPE TYPOGRAPHY. Printed by Al Fick, APA
142, in Goudy Kennerley, a typeface William
Morris might have liked.

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when our queen became ‘Rosie the Фиг.
Remember the days when ladies were first.
On elevators men removed their hats when
ladies were present: ladies first off. Men
always opened the doors whether entering
ok leaving a building, And when a lady
boarded a bus ок street car and по empty
seats, a gentleman always offered his seat.
And never did children address their elders
by their first пате, hose were the days
when a few curtsies was the way of Ще.
Now days, it's a first name basis.

HELPFUL HINTS

FALLING SOOT: If soot falls on the carpet
or rug, со not attempt to sweep until it has
been covered thickly with dry salt. Soot can
then be swept up ргсрегіу and not a stain
or smear will be left. |

REMOVING TAR: To remove tor from hands
or clothing rub the spot with melted lard;
then wash with soap and water.

KEEP LEATHER SOFT: Leather in shoes, trav-
eling bags, furniture, etc., may be kept soft
by rubbing briskly with castor oil.

TO PREVENT IRON RUST: To keep iron
from rusting give it a coat of linseed oil and
whiting, mixed together in the form of paste.
It is easily removed and will preserve iron
from rusting for years.

BEDROOM WARE: Clean all bedroom ware
and marble tops of nightstands and tables
with a rag dipped in turpentine. This not only
clean but disinfect them.

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TREASURE GEMS - 2001

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| Dear Sir, Craven-Street, London.

Let me give you a pleasant Instance of the Prejudice some have enter-
tained against your Work. Soon after I returned, discoursing with a Gen-
tleman concerning the Artists of Birmingham, he said you would be a
Means of blinding all the Readers in the Nation, for the Strokes of your
Letters being too thin and narrow, hurt the Eye, and he could never read
a Line of them without Pain. I thought, said I, you were going to complain
of the Gloss on the Paper, some object to: No, no, says he, I have heard that
mentioned, but it is not that; "tis in the Form and Cut of the Letters them-
selves ; they have not that natural and easy Proportion between the Height
and Thickness of the Stroke, which makes the common Printing so much
more comfortable to the Eye. - You see this Gentleman was a Connoisseur.
In vain I endeavoured to support your Character against the Charge; he knew
what he felt, he could see the Reason of it, and several other Gentlemen
among his Friends had made the same Observation &c. - Yesterday he called
to visit me, when, mischievously bent to try his Judgment, I stept into my
Closet, tore off the Top of Mr. Cas!on’s Specimen, and produced it to him
as yours brought with me from Birmingham, saying, I had been examining
it since he spoke to me, and could not for my Life perceive the Disproportion
he mentioned, desiring him to point it out to me. Не readily undertook it,
and went over the several Founts, shewing me every-where what he thought
Instances of that Disproportion; and declared, that he could not then read
the Specimen without feeling very strongly the Pain he had mentioned to me.
I spared him that Time the Confusion of being told, that these were the Types
he had been reading all his Life with so much Ease to his Eyes; types his
adored Newton is printed with, on which he has pored not a little; nay, the
very Types his own Book is printed with, for he is himself an Author; and
yet never discovered this painful Disproportion in them, till he thought they
were yours.

I am, &c

from the General Evening Post of August 11, 1763

this feuilleton from David L. Kent for Treasure Gems 2001

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Lend money to an enemy, and thou shalt gain him;
to a friend and thou shalt lose him.

God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fee.
Well done is better than well said.

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\eep your eyes wide open betore marriage;

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He that rises late must trot all day.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.

The learned fool writes his nonsense in ON languages

than the unlearned; but it is still nonsense.

Love thy neighbor, but don’t take down your fences.

Class, China, and a good Reputation are
easily broken and never well mended.

Blessed is he that expects nothing,

for he will never be disappointed.

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On Christmas Cards

I contend that hobby printers have an obliga-
tion to create original publications, especially
Christmas cards. Most cards we receive are slick
commercial productions that bear saccharine,
often banal religious themes concerning Christ-
mas fables & myths. After the holidays, they
get tossed out. Those that I keep and treasure
have the unmistakable signs of the touch of the
human hand. I want my own Christmas cards
to be saved, and enjoyed again and again.
Among those Christmas offerings I treasure
most are the stunningly beautiful, small book-
lets created by APA member Blaine Lewis of
Louisville. He searches out unusual and often
ancient poems and short texts, handsets them
in Caslon or some other handsome classic type
and prints them on ivory acid-free letterpress
paper in two or more colors, plus black. He

sews the printed sheets tastefully in Beckett

or Strathmore textured cover stock, usually
deckle edged. The resulting booklet exudes a
glow of understated elegance. Those who re-
ceive his Christmas greetings are extremely hon-
ored. Blaine has produced 38 issues to date in
his Greetings Series.

In my opinion, this 15 the private press,
properly used. I greatly admire Blaine Lewis, a
splendid fellow and a fine printer. He continues
creating the most original and beautiful small
publications.

For the 2000 APA Yearbook. J. Hill Hamon,
(APA 361) at his Whippoorwill Private Press,
1515 Evergreen Road, Frankfort, KY 40601.

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English nobleman in the court of
Queen Elizabeth, was a statesman,
soldier and scholar known for his
poetry and other literary works. He
died from battle wounds in a Span-
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Printed by Bob Fusfeld
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for 2001 APA
Treasure Gems

The Activity Clause

When I joined the APA in 1968, several of
the officers were college professors... Bob
Chapdu and Ron Ruble are two I remember.
Although there was no waiting list at that
time, the professors, in their infinite wisdom,
decided the activity clause should be enforced
and they did just that. Soon the membership
list was decimated. They even ousted APA #1
Mike O’Connor. He and Roger Ralph founded
the APA! I was elected vice president in the
next regime and with only 85 people on our
rolls, I was able to handset the membership
list. Level-headed Marge Clelland became our
new president and immediately set out to
bring our membership numbers back to their

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previous healthy level. Happily, Marge was
quite successful in her recruiting efforts and
before long we were a vibrant organization
once again. It occurs to me that the APA
owes Marge Clelland a debt of gratitude we
can’t possibly repay. Today the APA is in
great shape with fat bundles and a waiting
list in place. But once again, theestablishment
is ousting members for failure to print the re-
quired four pieces a year. Ironically, one of
the strongest advocates for enforcing this rule
is none other than Mike O’Connor. Go figure.

ә This leaf for Treasure Gems 31 has been
handset in Onyx and Century Schoolbook
types and printed in an edition of 135 copies
on a C&P 8x12 press by Fred Liddle at the
Carpetbagger Press, 404 Erie Avenue, Tampa
33609. Prop is also known as APA 336.

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Sitting alone in an old rocking chair
I saw an old mother with silvery hair.
She seemed so neglectcd
By those who still care
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.
Her hands were all callused, wrinkled and old,
A life of hard work was the story they told.
And I thought of angels
As I saw her there,
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.
Bless her old heart, do you think she d complain?
Life has been bitter, tho’ she'd live it again.
And carry the cross x
That is more than her share,
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.
It wouldn`t take much to gladden her heart,
Just some small remembrance on somebody в part.
A letter would brighten
Her empty life there,
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

I know some youngsters in an old Orphans Home
Who'd think they owned heaven if she were their own.
They'd never be willing
To let her sit there
Rocking alone in an old rocking chair.

A lady wrote to the local daily
newspaper recently to inquire
if anyone could provide words
to an old song about a mother
in her rocking chair. I recall it
asacountry song, but the name

of the singer evades me.

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DIVORCE

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divorced him. 25А ZSA GABOR

HUSBANDS

A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside;
inside it is more often his nursery. CLARE BOOTHE LUCE

Kove

After we made love he took a piece of chalk and
made an outline of my body. JOAN RIVERS

SEX SYMBOL

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
MARILYN MONROE

I refuse to admit I’m more than fifty-two even if that
` does make my sons illegitimate. LADY ASTOR

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an
exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every
woman ought to know. MISTINGUETTE

MARRIAGE

Nobody could sleep with Dick. He wakes up during
the night, switches on the lights, speaks into his tape
recorder, or takes notes—it’s impossible.

PAT NIXON

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had
one thousand and sixty. IMELDA MARCOS

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Two great hobbies:
OLD MUSIC, OLD PRINTING

Printers are allowed to have other hobbies. One of
my “‘others’’ has been 0/4 Music from the Middle
Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods. I played
recorders with our Musica Antiqua group, built a
clavichord and psaltery, designed a small baroque
organ which was constructed for me using pipes
imported from Holland. !

I played and printed. Turned
out programs for our rare pub-
lic concerts plus business cards
for our members. I took organ
and clavichord lessons, read a
lot about old music techniques
and joined АРА, NAPA and AAPA.

My fingers, as they aged, became a bit stiff. The
baroque organ was donated to Baltimore’s Peabody
Conservatory of Music. The clavichord, with its lid
closed, now serves as a table for incoming mail. The
psaltery? It must be around here somewhere! Stiff
fingers also slow down my typesetting. But hobby
printing isn’t supposed to be a hurried activity.

Many of you printers enjoy interesting hobbies,
such as ham radio, model trains, collecting stamps
ог coins, bird watching and countless others. These
pastimes truly expand our horizons and widen our
worlds. Let’s keep doing them while we can.

Got any music cuts: musicians, instruments, etc?

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THE ETHNIC PRESS
1041 Flagtree Lane
Baltimore, MD 21208
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
PRINTER

CHI N the familiar ietters of Franklin, the follow-
ing passage occurs:-“For my own part, at presant,
I pass my time agreeably enough. I enjoy, through
mercy, a tolerable share of health. I read a great
deal, ride a little, do a little business for myself,
now and then for others, retire when I can, and
go into company when I please; so the years roll
around, and the last will come, when I would rath-
er have it said, he lived usefully, rather than he
died rich.” —

"When I reflect, as I frequently do, upon the
felicity І have enjoyed, I sometimes say to myself
that, were the offer made true, I would engage to
run again, from beginning to end, the same career
of life. All I would ask, should be the privilege of
an author, to correct in a second edition, certain
errors of the first.”

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1794, about eleven o'clock at night, closing a
long and useful life of eighty-four years and
three months. When the news of his death
arrived in Paris, a society of printers met in
honour of the American philosopher and prin-
ter. His bust was elevated upon a column in
the middle of the room and a civic crown
placed upon the head. Below the bust were
compositors' cases, а press, and other emblems
of the art. While one printer was pronouncing
an eulogium upon Franklin, workmen were
printing it, and the speech composed and
pulled off as fast as uttered, was copiously
distributed among the spectators.

Thomas Bradford succeeded to the printing
business of Franklin, at Philadelphia, lived
to the advanced age of ninety-five years being
the oldest master printer in America.

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over and over again? Who knows, but
it’s been fun collecting them over the
last couple of weeks.

Even though many have become
trite through overuse, many are 1m-
bedded in language and will never go
away; notable examples can be found
in legalese.

We can rant and rave all we want
but from time to time we'll use terms
like hale and hearty, spoiled rotten,
do things by leaps and bounds and go
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Pick and choose on the TV shows
to see lewd and lascivious behavior,
watch a pair of twins appraise furni-
ture and take in a muffin adv about
nooks and crannies. Law shows tell
us the charge is aiding and abetting
and then another says a contract 1s
null and void.

To go over and above your bud-
сес visit Down Under. Return trip,
up in the sky, get food so you don’t
starve to death.

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have reached the tail end.

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of Dante’s Divine Comedy, which was
exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1882.
The volume of 500 pages was somewhat
less than half an inch square. Ten sheets
of paper sufficed to contain all 14,323
verses. The type in this little book was
cast in 1834, but no complete book had
hitherto been turned out, the difficulties

of compositors and revisers being so ard-
uous that no one would continue the
work for any length of time.

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Rush, and РЫБ ір 5у në Physick were early
members of its stati. and the board of managers
has always consisted of representative citizens |
of Philadelphia. Its records show the admission Ç
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including soldiers from Braddock's arnie Dacre |
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by both the British and Continental armies
during their occupation, of Phila \delphia, The |
earliest clinical lectures in America were given
in its wards by Thomas Bond, and the oldest
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picked up by June 15, it will be hauled
off to the landfill. We are moving and

I do not want to move it.

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The Lisenby Press іп 1912. After the
owners, father and son, died, several
firms produced the press. In 1927 the
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made a number of different models.

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and rollers at both ends, It can print
two colors at once, one at the top, the
other at the bottom of the form. It is
a friction feed flat bed cylinder press.
Ghe chase is 7x11, length about 5 feet.
It weighs about 500 pounds.

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The Scott Gree “Press is Moving!

It began in 1974 with a Pilot press in
Shawnee, KS, next was a farm in the
country. Moved to Overland Park, KS,
stayed 22 years. Sold a lot of type and
presses, moved to Eveleth, MN, with
only two presses, a Pearl without rollers
and a Sigwalt with only one good roller.

A year and a half later, with a new
bride, moved again. By now had ten
presses. Have sold four in the last two

years, sell Sigwalt and Official, dump the

Verner. With two Pearls and a proof
press, I can be quite content.

We are building a house in Eveleth
on Polk Avenue. Hope to move in July.

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Memories of hand-feeding
the old Miehle No. 3

Handfed Miehle flatbed cylinder presses were the
standard of the small weekly newspapers for
decades. Four newspaper pages could be locked on-
to the press bed at a time to print one side of an 8-
page sheet or newspaper. Average speed was some-
where around 1100 per hour. When І came to the
Ackley paper in 1975, a Miehle No. 3 was used to
print the 8-page, 7-column paper. Most papers ran
a Miehle No. І or No. 2 which accomodated an 8-
column paper. Our No. 3 required specially welded
chases to squeeze the most out of its smaller size.

After a busy Monday and Tuesday at the Lino-
types and Ludlow, there was the hectic last minute
lock up of the first four pages for a late-night run on
the Miehle. So, late Tuesday night, or early Wednes-
day morning, a pressman (who also doubled as a
Linotype operator) would start handfeeding the big
four-page sheets of newsprint into the grippers of the
Miehle — a task of about two hours. |

I would be busy at the stones making up the final
four pages for Wednesday afternoon's final run. Ву
1:00 or 2:00 o'clock Wednesday, the last four were
clamped onto the Miehle bed and the last four pages
were printed on back of the first run. The finished
sheets were then fed by hand into the Omaha news-
paper folder — an impossible looking contraption
that chewed a half-inch off of one of my left fingers.

— over

Normally, | gained the task of feeding the final
run on the Miehle — and found it to be quite relax-
ing after the hustle of making up last-minute Pages.
It was rewarding, too, when you could watch those
printed sheets flowing off the Miehle and see the
fruit of your labor for another week,

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partment store on the 4th floor i in St. Joe my
heart was in the basement print shop I had |
saved from neglect. I printed store signs but
also many others as: |
YES, We Are Not Open
COMPANY SUGGESTION BOX
I taped to the office shredder.
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ON THIS SITE IN 1776

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A Source of Type Milling

A few years ago I purchased some type from a foun-
dry that is no longer in existence. The owner gave me
a complimentary font of a different face on a Didot
body, and also one to bring back to Bob Orbach of
Oklahoma City, a member of APA, NAPA and AAPA.
My font turned out to be higher than .918, as I imag-
ine Bob’s did also.

For a long time I tried to find someone who had
the capability to mill the feet of this type. I’ve seen
this done in European foundries, but most of thosé
are out of business now. We were in Munich in 1998
and found out that a foundry from which I had pur-
chased some type and borders was no longer there.

In the November 1999 issue of the American Type-
casting Fellowship Newsletter, I read that Dan Jones
of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, had modified a Lud-
low Supersurfacer to mill the feet of type. Dan was a
graduate of Monotype Univrsity II, held by Rich Hop-
kins and associates.

Don Black of Toronto, Ontario, suggested to Dan
that he consider modifying a Supersurfacer to mill type
down to the correct height. The Supersurfacer was orig-
inally designed to mill a small amount of metal off the

face of Ludlow slugs to improve the printing surface
of larger type. Dan designed a replacement holder and
had it machined. He has milled type ranging from 12
to 72 point with no difficulty.

I did not measure the height of the type I sent Dan,
falsely assuming it to be Didot height (.928). When
Dan returned the type, he said it was over an inch high
and that he had to take two passes. Dan did an excel-
lent job for me, as evidenced by the type shown below,
and at a very reasonable cost.

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The type, 12 point (Didot) Acier Noir, was designed
Бу A. M. Cassandre and cast by Deberny & Peignot of
Paris іп 1936. Encyclopedia of Type Faces by Jaspert,
Berry & Johnson show only a few words and not all
characters. If anyone has a full complete showing of
the alphabet, numerals and points, I would greatly ap-
preciate a photocopy, for which I would be happy to
рау.

Jim Doolittle, The Golden Sun Press
2709 Eastridge Drive NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87 112-2012
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever:

Its lovliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will
Keep a bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams; and health,

And quiet breathing.
. . . John Keats

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evident,’’ the second sentence of the
Declaration of Independence pro-
claims. In deriving the essential
social truths from their self-evidence
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“sacred & undeniable’ as the
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A SNAPSHOT
IN TIME

It is 7:50 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time on Janury 28, 2001. The two-
minute warning momentarily halts
the action in the first half of Superbowl XXXV. The
Baltimore Ravens are leading the New York Giants 7-0 in
this see-saw battle of grid-iron champions.

A major change of power is underway in Washington,
D.C. Eight days ago George W. Bush was sworn in as the
43rd president of the United States of America. He narrowly
edged former Vice-President Al Gore in one of the most
bizarre U.S. elections ever. It wasn't until 37 days after
Election Day that the final outcome was known. Florida's
25 electoral votes were in doubt until the United States
Supreme Court decided that manual counting of all unrecor-
ded votes for president was to be stopped. Earlier machine-
counted tallies were then officially recognized and George
W. Bush was declared the President-Elect. It is the first time
since Dwight D. Eisenhower was president that the Demo-
cratic Party hasn’t controlled at least one branch of the
three elected branches of government.

Dale Jarrett won last year’s Daytona 500. He won for the
third time in his illustrious career. Elian Gonzales is back in
Cuba with his father, Juan Miguel. Elian was forced to leave

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his Miami relatives’ home at gunpoint іп an early-morning
raid of INS agents. Last Friday, a major 7.9 magnitude earth-
quake shook major portions of Eastern India. Rescue
workers are digging through tons of rubble looking for
survivors. California is in a major energy crisis. Periodic
scheduled rolling “black outs” put thousands of Californians
in total darkness.

News stories of the day include theories about the out-
come of the Superbowl, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates’
pledging 100 million to assist in the research for an A.LD.S.
vaccine, two scientists’ plans to clone human beings, a
plane’s crashing in Colorado killing ten Oklahoma State
basketball players, Mid-East peace negotiations having been
halted until after Israel’s National elections, and an article
remembering the space shuttle Challenger’s having exploded
on an ill-fated take-off, killing all seven aboard exactly
fifteen years ago.

The unknown questions of the day include:
1.Who really did receive the most votes for
president in Florida’s 2000 elections?
2. Will scheduled rolling “black outs" continue

in California?

3. Why did Former President William Jefferson
Clinton pardon Marc Rich and over 130 other
people as one of his last acts as president?

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with certainty when Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
began, but the best estimate is that it first appear-
ed 5000 to 6000 years ago.

The hieroglyphics found carved on ancient ruins
and written in old manuscripts are a beautifully
balanced collection of symbols which held reli-
gious and magical significance for the Egyptians.
Young scribes studied it for 12 years beginning as

early as four years of age.

Thereareover6000 hieroglyphicsymbols. How-
ever, only 700 were used during any one time. It is
mot 2 true alphabet but a combination of pictures
representing words and ideas with a rudimentary
phonetic alphabet mixed in. No vowels are writ-
ten (similarto Arabic, Persian, & Hebrew)andcon-
sonants are represented Бу 24 symbols.

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left to right as well as top to bottom. The direct-
ion from which they should be read is indicated by
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facing in profile. There аге по punctuation marks
nor are there spaces between words.

Although hieroglyphics are not a direct prede-
cessor of the Latin alphabet, some symbols did find
their way into our alphabet via proto-Sinaitic,
Phoenician, Greek, and finally Latin.

Over time the Egyptians de-
veloped a more rapid & simpli-
fied way of writing. The Hieratic
style of writing was a cursive
form of hieroglyphics used in
everyday documents by the
priests and scribes.

A third writing style even
simpler & easier to write was
later developed called Demotic.
It was written horizontally from
right to left.

Coptic script was the last stage of Pharaonic
Egyptian writing. It was written using the Greek
alphabet with 7 additional symbols taken from
the Demotic script.

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Bookbinder Jean Buescher and | teamed up for a
workshop at a local paper dealer: Tom and Cindy
Hollander. The broadside was for demonstration. |
used some wood type which | haven't identified. The
other face is Concave. This is Canterbury.

The class project was to design, set and print a page
four-up and bind in a "French fold’. Twelve press
setups later, | доп + know what took а worse
beating, my shop or my body! The reword was to see
their joy at a print pulled off the press.

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metal cuts were from William M. Denner.

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The flip side of this sheet gives evidence of my fascination
with border elements—a luxury I can pursue because I am my
own typecaster. I love to take one or two (or more) elements
and fiddle with them to see how they might work together in a
repetitive pattern. What you see on this sheet is a single 36x36
point piece which, I understand, originated with a Chicago
type foundry way back when. Paul Duensing spotted the cast
piece of this border several years ago and electrodeposited a
matrix for his own use. I was lucky enough to borrow his mat
and cast up a bunch of it for my own use, and the 2001 issue of
Treasure Gems is a great opportunity to show it off.

I Start with a single piece, or maybe two pieces which com-
bine as left- and right-hand elements to make a unified piece;
often I am quite surprised at the results I get when I Start
fiddling and putting them together. Before I was able to cast
my own type, I frequently found these efforts frustrated either
because I didn’t have enough of the border to finish my piece,
or (more disgustingly) the pieces weren’t cast accurately
enough to allow combination without the addition of pieces
of copper, brass, or paper spacing to make the pattern justify.
Accuracy—or inaccuracy—has revealed itself in another way
too, when the components didn’t align with each other.

The noted designer Bruce Rogers has a reputation for put-
ting border elements together in excellent designs. Also, check
out the private press book When a Printer Plays, by Richard J.
Hoffman, published in Van Nuys, Calif., in 1987. Great book!

RICHARD Hopkins, Hill & Dale Private Press and Typefoundry,
P. O. Box 263, Terra Alta, WV 26764. Printer since 1953, APA mem-
ber since 1963, typefounder since 1971. For TREASURE GEMS 2001.

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The ART OF PRINTING was found out by
John Faust at Mentz in Germany in the Year
1440, and brought into England by the
Assiduity of King Hen. VI, 1467.

Historians assert, That this Artwas at first embraced and
patronized by the most Learned of the World, and es-
teemed the most Excellent of all other Arts and Sciences
ever discover d. The Inventor, J. Faust, had to concealed
the Beauties of his Art, that upon his vending more than
one or two Copies of the Holy Bible, (of which he had curi-
ously printed a considerable Number) he was seiz'd,
try d, and condemn d, for Magick and Sorcery, and accord-
ingly dragg’d to the Stake to be burnt; but upon his
discovering the Art by which he did them, he was dis-
charged by an Act of Paris, and afterwards held in the
greatestest Esteem both of King, Princes, and all the German
and Parisian Literati.

From a bookplate dated March 14, 17 51
Reprinted 250 years later by the Five-Foot Shelf Press
R. Campbell — APA 709

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ТҮРЕ FOR COMPLIMENTS, OR FOR THE USE
OF POLITE PERSONS Inland Printer--April 1919

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(-- modern Civilite)

As a letter cutter and printer, Philippe Danfrie had

acquired an interest in the type matrices created by
Robert Granjon.

Danfrie is best known for his typeface **Characteres
de Civilite" (type for compliments, or for the use of

polite persons). He apparently entered the printing
business to exploit this typeface as his first book was
set entirely in this face.

Danfrie originally was a cutter of letters and an еп-

graver on metals in Paris. He began his printing in

1558 and died in 1606 at the age of 102 years.

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he final page of Treasure Gems has been reserved

for the coordinator. Not sure when it started, but
Dave Greer claimed it for himself and I won’t break that
tradition.

I think a review of the history of this great publication
is in order. l am lucky enough to have a complete set of TG
from 1974 to present. (For you trivia buffs that’s No.4 to
No.30.) Most of my facts come from those volumes.

The late Bruce Towne, APA No.191, began his
"Hobby Printers’ Scrapbook” in September, 1967. The
first issue contained only four leaves. Bruce managed to
put out nine issues with never more than ten members
contributing per issue.

In 1971, Fred Liddle, APA No.336, became the next
coordinator of the yearbook. It was considered Volume
No.1. Twelve members contributed.

The year is 1972, enter Bill Greer, APA No. 363. "The
1972 Yearbook” had 26 members represented and a new
name, " Treasure Gems.” With only 26 members sending
pages this was still a far cry from Bruce Towne’s dream of

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having all 150 members represented. Bill promoted ГО
and it became an officially sponsored publication of the APA.
With volume No.10, we saw the end of the Bill Greer era.
But members were finally given credit for their pages in TG.

The 11th edition, issued in 1981, had Herb Harnish,
АРА No.482, at the helm. After mailing out the 20th edi-
tion, Herb passed the torch on to Dave Greer, APA No.397.
During Dave’s stewardship TG held solid at between 56-
58 pages per edition. In 2000, Dave handed in his retire-
ment papers.

Now with the 31st edition, the torch has been passed
to me. | took over this job with the idea that | would keep
Bruce Тоуупе 5 dream of having all 150 members represent-
ed in Treasure Gems. So to promote this “dream” to the
membership, with the hope that they all will participate in
future editions, Treasure Gems will be mailed to all APA
members as part of the June, 2002 bundle. Keeping this in
mind, please print 155 copies for the 32nd edition.

As usual the size is 4.5 by 6,
send them by the First of May, 2002 to
Ernie Blitzer, 18 Verona Court, [че City, NY

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